Sarah de la Haye may as well be on American TV show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition with all the emotional ups she's had this week.
The Hastings woman with Cerebral Palsy feared a new bathroom and the chance to eventually marry her fiance were totally out of reach after losing a $4250 deposit when Mercy Renovators went into voluntary liquidation.
Ms de la Haye had planned to remove a bath and shower at the home she shared with fiance Craig Hansen to make room for a wet area, which would allow her to shower unassisted and give her much needed independence.
Her faith in people had been renewed after being inundated with support. "It's like what you see on TV programmes, like that Extreme Makeover you don't expect it to happen here in New Zealand. This is on a smaller scale but it's been amazing."
Yesterday a blank envelope containing $1000 cash was left at Hawke's Bay Today.